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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Friday, November 7, 1986

33-Across : Heirs

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 72, Blocks: 31, Avg Word Len: 5.39, Missing: { F Q V Z }, Scrabble score: 262 (avg 1.35)
Open Squares: 98, Cheaters: 0, FITB: 10, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1986, The New York TimesNo. 13,513
Across
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Tasso's "___ Delivered" : JERUSALEM
10
Type of bandage : SPICA
15
Take out : ELIMINATE
16
Seat in an oriel : CAROL
17
Apart : SEPARATED
18
Swinburne's "___ of Balen" : ATALE
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Kett contemporary : TEEN
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Division of a hockey game : PERIOD
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Dramatist Hedberg : TOR
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Actor Wynn : KEENAN
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This bloke may be a toff : GENT
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" ... the ___ was to wander in": FitzGerald : ROADI
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Yuletide in Roma : NATALE
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What tipplers do : IMBIBE
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Heirs : LEGATEES
37
Unable to come about, as a sailboat : INIRONS
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Starts a trek : SETSOUT
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Dodge : SIDESTEP
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Slow up : RETARD
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The ___ Midland counties : SHIRES
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Verboten verbiage : NONOS
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Something to castigate : TEXT
49
Check up on anew : RETEST
51
Shandy part : ALE
52
Nero's teacher : SENECA
53
"For once, upon ___ and gusty day": Shak. : ARAW
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Infielder Dale : BERRA
59
Lack of concern for right or wrong : AMORALITY
61
A wee hour : ONEAM
62
Lacy styles of book-cover decoration : DENTELLES
63
Recorder of Munchausen's travels : RASPE
64
Receivers of checks : ENDORSEES
Down
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Witty bit : JEST
2
Loser to S. Grant : ELEE
3
An adjective for old age : RIPE
4
Ukrainian city : UMAN
5
English title : SIR
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"Is man ___ or an angel?": Disraeli : ANAPE
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Triangular sail : LATEEN
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Another kind of triangle : ETERNAL
9
Interposes : MEDIATES
10
Marine goggler : SCAD
11
One way to stand : PAT
12
Fuming : IRATE
13
Costa Rican's dollar : COLON
14
Put on guard : ALERT
21
Wild ass : ONAGER
23
Block; frustrate : KIBOSH
24
Reaches : GETSTO
25
He wrote "The Making of an American" : RIIS
26
Hawks' home : OMNI
27
Make ___ for (try to get) : ABID
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Most calamitous : DIREST
30
Delitescent : LATENT
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Undiminished : ENTIRE
34
Of the dawn : EOAN
35
Large kangaroo : EURO
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Norms: Abbr. : STDS
38
Swain song : SERENADE
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Yeggs : PETEMEN
44
A brace of shakes : SECOND
46
Biblical mountain : TABOR
47
Mezzo-soprano Obraztsova : ELENA
48
Jerez, once : XERES
50
Family name of Pius X : SARTO
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Updike's "The ___ Door" : SAME
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"___ Well ... " : ALLS
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Peeve : RILE
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Fit to ___ : ATEE
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"Swiss Family Robinson" author : WYSS
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Shoot the breeze : RAP
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Atmosphere: Comb. form : AER

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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